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Page & Plant — That's the Way
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Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 - 12:25
 
Wow - first play since 2005, and long overdue!

Daveinbawlmer
(Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.)
Posted: Dec 29, 2005 - 21:26
 
On the vinyl and on a good system the acoustic guitars aren't at all blurry and actually are razor sharp. Nicely done, I think.
jerkstore
(at the core of the apple)
Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 09:53
 
brandog wrote:
:puke:

Vocal control? Where? The lyrics are depressing in a nonsensical way - the guitars are droning (and there are too many of them- makes for a blurry arrangement.)

Vocal control {we don' need no stinkin' vocal control...}






crazy talk...
DarkStar
(The City Beautiful)
Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 09:49
 
gedrod wrote:
I was just listening to the song in the background for a long while, and I had casually assumed it was the White Stripes! Anyone else hear that in it?
The album colours echo that too!


You are showing your age...
gedrod
Posted: Nov 16, 2005 - 04:06
 
I was just listening to the song in the background for a long while, and I had casually assumed it was the White Stripes! Anyone else hear that in it?
The album colours echo that too!
thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Nov 01, 2005 - 12:34
 
plants voice is still powerful.
pages guitar playing is missing something.
its lost its power.
has he gone deaf?
i saw the zeppelin reunion for atlantic records 40th anniversary, and i can tell you page was hollow.sad.
Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 01, 2005 - 12:33
 
brandog wrote:


Vocal control? Where? The lyrics are depressing in a nonsensical way - the guitars are droning (and there are too many of them- makes for a blurry arrangement.)

Vocal control {we don' need no stinkin' vocal control...}


It is always easier to criticize than to create.

Be sure to let us all know when you create your masterpiece...
(former member)
(St. George, Utah)
Posted: Sep 18, 2005 - 11:29
 
:puke:

Vocal control? Where? The lyrics are depressing in a nonsensical way - the guitars are droning (and there are too many of them- makes for a blurry arrangement.)

Vocal control {we don' need no stinkin' vocal control...}
Mangoman
(Portland Metro Oregon)
Posted: Sep 03, 2005 - 14:53
 
DisplacedNorthrnr wrote:
Plant is one a few rare rock vocalists that sounds just about as good now as he did back in the day.


I agree. But it took a lot of years after he packed up the smokes for his control and power to return.

Are you listening, Bono?

This Page/Plant effort shows how, for a musician, it's a life-defining passion-- It has nothing to do with passing fashion or styles. It's always sad when "music fans" don't get that. I've never, ever heard, for instance, a musician of any age comment negatively about how old Mick & Keith are. But 30-and-40-somethings non-musicians seem obsessed with it.
Daveinbawlmer
(Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.)
Posted: Aug 19, 2005 - 18:06
 

On my vinyl copy of this the drums are there - but I think the guitars on this song are so delicate and fast that a plodding drummer like Bonham would have just slowed it down.

There, I said it, Bonham was a plodding drummer.


Trustocity
(Boston, baby)
Posted: Jul 06, 2005 - 08:58
 
ZedLeppelin wrote:

This track has always lacked Bonham - there isn't usually any drum kit in it. A tambourine is all it needs..
The best version of this tune is in How The West Was Won, I reckon. This one just lacks too much.

I sat here for five minutes trying to figure it out, and you kicked the nail in. Someone said they sound like street minstrals, and that's just about right.

Didn't these guys used to be, y'know, EPIC?
DisplacedNorthrnr
(Btwn the Golden Armpit and the butthole of Ontario)
Posted: Jul 06, 2005 - 08:51
 
Plant is one a few rare rock vocalists that sounds just about as good now as he did back in the day.
orionblu
(NS Canada)
Posted: Jul 06, 2005 - 08:48
 
This playlist - Back to the Island, River of Love, That's the Way - is making me miss everyone I've ever met. Bill are you trying to tell us something?
ZedLeppelin
(NT Australia)
Posted: Jun 21, 2005 - 15:45
 
bluematell wrote:
well, this track lacks Bonham

This track has always lacked Bonham - there isn't usually any drum kit in it. A tambourine is all it needs..
The best version of this tune is in How The West Was Won, I reckon. This one just lacks too much.
winter
(hither and yon (mostly yon))
Posted: Jun 06, 2005 - 22:50
 
Sweet!
Sean-E-Sean
(A small island in the Pacific Ocean.)
Posted: Jun 06, 2005 - 22:48
 
...memories...
S.
JayA1969
(Santa Monica, CA)
Posted: May 08, 2005 - 15:15
 
Page and Plant, is that a new band? Well, they are good whoever they are....


Shesdifferent
(Desert metropolis via Arizona)
Posted: Apr 09, 2005 - 08:33
 
Love it.
beelzebubba
(Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?)
Posted: Feb 09, 2005 - 09:21
 
Hey this is really cool, and one of the rare ones that I think is actually better than the origina. But one question: why is Celine Deion showing up in the links?

Drummer4soul
(Auburn, CA)
Posted: Feb 09, 2005 - 09:20
 
Teko wrote:
Except for the obvious lack of Bonham, I really think this is an improvement on the original. It sounds like street minstrels jamming in Wales, just enjoying themselves. ...
I personally like the idea of street minstrels including a drum kit! I am all over that one, fo' sho'. I love this song. You know these guys could rock with only three instruments - that's why Bonham had to play the way he did.

stickittotheman
(schmocation.)
Posted: Feb 09, 2005 - 09:17
 
I wish I were more like Page. He rules.

btw, you notice the Celine Deon bs for the album on this. that is funny
Danny_G
(Lima)
Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 15:41
 
Teko wrote:
Except for the obvious lack of Bonham, I really think this is an improvement on the original. It sounds like street minstrels jamming in Wales, just enjoying themselves. When Page goes into the amazing reprise section at the end, you can't ask for more 12-string energy than that.

I agree buddy !!
bajafisher
(here I am!!)
Posted: Jan 10, 2005 - 21:43
 


as for those few nonbelievers who find this song "less" than the original ... get over it.


Agreed as well


colt4x5
(east of eden)
Posted: Jan 10, 2005 - 21:41
 
Uriah wrote:
The 12-string sounds fucking killer right here. I play 12-string myself, so perhaps I'm prejudiced, but to me there's no instrument that sounds as sweet as an acoustic 12-string guitar.


me, too, and i couldn't agree more.

as for those few nonbelievers who find this song "less" than the original ... get over it.
Teko
(Cincinnati, OH)
Posted: Dec 12, 2004 - 07:54
 
Except for the obvious lack of Bonham, I really think this is an improvement on the original. It sounds like street minstrels jamming in Wales, just enjoying themselves. When Page goes into the amazing reprise section at the end, you can't ask for more 12-string energy than that.
ColdBear
(French Alps)
Posted: Dec 12, 2004 - 07:52
 
Played the original : 10
This one : 8

How did they do such incredible songs. Why did they have to grow old ?
bajafisher
(Central Alabama-AKA the middle of NOWHERE)
Posted: Nov 12, 2004 - 19:17
 
Danny_G wrote:


This is what I came here for!! Play on !!!
Danny_G
(Lima)
Posted: Oct 29, 2004 - 00:48
 

warderblu
Posted: Aug 16, 2004 - 12:11
 
My all Time Favorite Zep Song...

Beautiful guitars & great insightful lyrics..
rulebritannia
(Sussex countryside, England)
Posted: Apr 04, 2004 - 20:44
 
drH wrote:
Oh man I so needed to hear this right now...but the original would have been MUCH better
I liked much of early Led Zep, but now I like them more than ever. This is among the songs I missed first time around. Great to hear it in any version. Agree on the 12-string, too. It's a challenge to play, but when it's done right........
drH
(the outskirts of nowhere)
Posted: Jan 16, 2004 - 21:17
 
Oh man I so needed to hear this right now...

but the original would have been MUCH better
Uriah
(Vermont)
Posted: Nov 05, 2003 - 20:32
 
The 12-string sounds fucking killer right here. I play 12-string myself, so perhaps I'm prejudiced, but to me there's no instrument that sounds as sweet as an acoustic 12-string guitar.

I'm glad to hear those two together again, ripping out a fine rendition of the old tune. Maybe I don't love it quite like I love the original, but really, how are you supposed to compete with one of the most perfectly produced albums in history? Just because it was perfect before doesn't mean there's nothing left to get out of redoing a tune-- much like the way I don't mind Clapton's Unplugged version of Layla-- it's previous perfection just makes you work a little harder to get creative gold out of a tune. I think this one has a little somethin there.
mafe
(La Crosse, WI)
Posted: Oct 16, 2003 - 08:01
 
WHY DID THEY HAVE TO GET OLD AND NOT RETIRE???
THAT WAS SUCH A FABULOUS SONG, WHY RUIN IT?
WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE THIS?!?
camarkim
(So Cal, CA)
Posted: Sep 15, 2003 - 16:28
 
bluematell wrote:
well, this track lacks Bonham


Yeah. The drums sound, well, small.
Amazon
(Big Bend, TX)
Posted: Aug 26, 2003 - 08:22
 
:-s It's OK, I suppose, but it REALLY disappoints when Plant doesn't belt out the "Mamma told me" in the chorus line per the original -- to me, that's what made it so special.

This song comes off as little more than an attempt by P&P to generate more royalties.
bluematell
(netherlands)
Posted: Aug 26, 2003 - 08:19
 
well, this track lacks Bonham
Geed
(Ottawa)
Posted: Aug 26, 2003 - 08:17
 
Love this Tune. Zep III was always my favorite.
mitraz
(Saint Cloud, MN)
Posted: Jul 26, 2003 - 17:10
 
I had to turn RP off for a while and get back to the original version...
Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ (Rain-free for: 2 days))
Posted: Jul 26, 2003 - 17:09
 
Perhaps one of the best-known B-sides, no? Not crazy about this rework, however...much prefer the original. :(
Relayer
(Oviedo, FL)
Posted: Jul 06, 2003 - 06:35
 
Gods. They are pure music gods.
Kolrabi
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: Mar 26, 2003 - 08:07
 
Page and Plant both masters. I started to really like robert plant when I heard some of his solo stuff. In particular "Ship of Fools".
:D :D